Margaret Irene Peters Lutton Margaret Irene Peters Lutton (Peg) passed away on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at age 99 and a half. She remarked that she was hoping for 100. Peg was born on August 13, 1924, in Yutan, Nebraska to Clara Wicht Peters and John Fredrick Peters. After graduating from Yutan High School, she attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and after graduating at age 19, she moved to Chicago to aid the war effort. Returning to Ashland in 1947, she met Claude D. (Dee) Lutton, fell in love and married in 1948. Peg's life centered around family, faith, and community. She and Dee raised three children, Susan, Richard, and David Lutton. In 1966, Sven Bjorn became part of their family through the AFS study abroad program. For over 60 years Peg shared her gift of music as the organist for the Congregational Church. She was an active member of P.E.O., the Ashland Historical Society, and the American Guild of Organists and many other local organizations. As her children were growing up, she was a Girl Scout Leader, a Cub Scout Den Mother, and an avid fan of her boy's numerous sports. Peg & Dee's love of travel took their family to all four corners of the U.S. bundled in the back of a station wagon. Later she and Dee traveled extensively around the world, sometimes cruising and sometimes with a small suitcase and a Eurail pass. Peg's travel log showed they had traveled to all 50 states and all continents except Antarctica. Peg will be greatly missed by her loving children Susan Rodgers (Ray), Richard Lutton, David Lutton, and AFS son, Sven Bjorn (Gunilla), her grandchildren Emily, David and Maggie Lutton, Liz Flynn (Matt), Sara Wurst (Michael) and grandson-in-law Tony Bedient, great grandchildren Ainsley, Macy, Jessie Flynn and Ava Wurst. She was preceded in death by her husband Dee Lutton, daughter-in-law Sue Lutton and granddaughter Jessica Lutton Bedient, her parents John and Clara Peters and her brother and sister-in-law John and Joan Peters. A celebration of her extraordinary life will be held at 10:00 on Saturday, February 24, 2024 at the Ashland Congregational Church, 1542 Boyd Street, Ashland, Nebraska. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the Ashland Area Foundation for programming at the Ashland-Greenwood Performing Arts Center, 1442 Silver Street, Ashland, NE 68003. Peg would love that the community will be able enjoy musical programs through your gifts. Visit www.marcysvoboda.com to leave condolences. Arrangements by Marcy Mortuary, Ashland, NE.

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Published by Wahoo Newspaper on Feb. 2, 2024.

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Connie Derry

February 26, 2024

Peg was one of the finest women I've ever had the pleasure of knowing . I am so sorry for all of the Luttons for losing their precious matriarch. What an example she was to all of them and to her friends. She will always be fondly remembered for her character, talents, patience, and kindness.

Sven Åke Björn

February 18, 2024

Peg, together with her husband Dee, has played an important role in my life. They welcomed me in their home in Ashland when I arrived as a 17 years old AFS exchange student from Sweden in 1966. Peg made me feel at home and she supported every attempt from my side to become part of the Ashland community during that year, as well as part of her family with my sister Susan and my brothers Richard and David. Through the years I have had the honor of welcoming Peg and Dee in Sweden a few times, as well as others in her family, and I have visited Ashland on numerous occasions. For each time we met we grow tighter together. Peg kept me informed of her family and of what happened in the Ashland community and about people I knew. We talked on the phone quite regularly during the years. These conversations included a variety of philosophical subjects and became very important to me. She informed me about my classmates and other friends, and family events. Our last phone conversation was about a month before she passed away, she was as bright as she had been throughout her life. We were mentioning meeting next time in August this year, when she would turn hundred. I will miss Peg dearly, and so will my wife Gunilla and my children.
Sven Åke Björn
AFS son

Shirley Niemeyer

February 16, 2024

What a lady, a mentor, a historian, a reader, a musician, a friend to many, a leader, a traveler and a lovely person. We miss her.

Kim Cooper

January 24, 2024

Peg was such an important player in her role in the Ashland Arts Council for decades. She gave tours of St Stephens and demonstrated her skills on the pump organ there. We will miss our wonderful conversations with Peg and her historical depictions of our community. She brought back to life the memories of my grandfather, Edwin Lewis, (1900-1965) as she had known and spoke to him. Edwin, Eddie, tuned some of the organs Peg played on. We will miss her dearly.
Kim & Lynn Cooper

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